184 TETRANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. ilantago. 



elongated. Flowers scarcely imbricated, not conglomerate. 

 Calyx as long as the lanceolate bract at its base ; segments 

 broad-ovate, carinate, acuniinate. Corolla yellowish ; segments 

 connivent, linear-lanceolate, very acute. Stamena included. 

 Htyle short, filiform ; stigma simple, pubescent. Ca/isule 

 ovate ; disse/dment plane. Seed single in each cell, oblong, 

 flat or concave on the side next to the dissepiment. 

 Hab. On dry hills and in sandy fields. Common on the Island 

 of New-York, and in New-Jersey. 



5. P. lanceolata L. : leaves lanceolate, acute at each 

 end ; spike short, ovate-cylindrical ; scape angular ; capsule 

 2-seedcd. fV il /.d. Spec' I. ■p. 6^3. P ur s h Fl. \, p. 9n. 

 Smith FL Brit. 1. p. 184. Eng. Bot. t. 507. Big. Bost, 

 p. 34. Elliott Sk. \. p. '202, Rotm. ^ Schult. m, 

 p. 115. 



Root perennial. Leaves 4 — 6 inches long, 3— 5-nerved, very 

 acute, tapering at the base into a petiole, remotely denticulate^ 

 Scafic much longer than the leaves, hairy, angular and sul- 

 cate. i^fjike about an inch long, dense. Bracts ovate, acu- 

 minate, brownish, as long as the calyx. Stamens very long. 

 Capsule 2-seeded. 



Hab, In fields, pastures, and cultivated grounds; very com- 

 mon. May — September. Introduced. 



Fur s h suspects the North-American plant maybe a new 

 species, but there can be no doubt that it was introduced from 

 Europe, and merely altered by climate. 



G, P. maritima L. : leaves linear, grooved, fleshy, hairy 

 near the base ; scape terete ; spike cylindrical ; bracts rather 

 acute. Will d. Spec. I. p. 647. Smith FL Brit. I. p. 

 184. Eng.Bot.U ]75. M ic h. F/. I. p. 04. Big.Bost. 

 p. 34. Picrsh Fl.p. 02. M u hi. Cat. p. \b. Roem. 

 ^ Schult. HI. p. 131. P. pancifora Pursh I.e. P. 

 oliganthos R. 4^ S. 111. p. 122. 



Root perennial, large and woody. Leaves 6 — 10 inches long, a 

 line, or a line and a half, broad, very fleshy, rounded on 'the 

 back, with a deep groove on the inner side ; margin entire, or 

 with a very few remote teeth, Scafie about as long as the 

 leaves. Flowers scarcely imbricate, at length a little remote. 

 Bracts about as large as the calyx, ovale, generally acute, but 

 often somewhat obtuse. Segments of the ca/j/or obtuse. Cafi- 

 sule 2seeded. 



Hab. In salt marshes; commqn on the sea-coast. August — Sep- 

 tember. 



7. P. pusilla Nutt.? minutely pubescent; leaves 

 linear-subulate, flat, entire, acute; scape terete, slender, 

 longer than the leaves; spike cylindrical, loose; lower 



